Sandeen Memorial Poetry Reading by Cecilia Vicuña
2024 Sandeen Memorial Poetry Reading by Cecilia Vicuña
Cosponsored by the Latin American Critical Cultural Studies Working Group, the Creative Writing Program, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Gender Studies Program.
Cecilia Vicuña is a poet, artist, activist and filmmaker whose work addresses pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological destruction, human rights, and cultural homogenization. Born and raised in Santiago de Chile, she has been in exile since the early 1970s, after the military coup against the president Salvador Allende. In London, she was a co-founder of Artists for Democracy in l974.
Cosponsored by the Latin American Critical Cultural Studies Working Group, the Creative Writing Program, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Gender Studies Program.